Using the Cable Television Network for Cross Campus delivery of First Year Chemistry

Abstract

Faced with the necessity of delivering a beginners chemistry programme on two campuses this year and lacking sufficient bandwidth in the universityÕs internal network, I enlisted the assistance of the Optus Education channel to deliver lectures, in real time, from the Rusden to the Burwood campus. Although the initial intent was to have full two way interactivity, the limitations imposed by the use of an external carrier meant that this was not possible in the first instance.